The Russellville American Legion Patriots secured two more wins in their zone with a sweep over the Conway American Legion Cougars on Monday at Tech Field on Arkansas Tech University Campus.

Russellville won game one 9-4 and game two 13-7.

“I don’t know that it was any different than any other game, but they were two zone games and it was really important for us to win for seeding in the tournament,” Russellville head coach Michael Milum said. “The team understood what we needed to do and we just went out there and did it.”

Post 20’s (12-15) zone includes Jacksonville, Pinebluff, Cabot, Conway, North Little Rock and Russellville. Milum described a zone as being similar to a high school conference.

Russellville drove in nine runs on four hits during Monday’s first game. Jordan Haas was 2-for-4 with 2-RBI and two runs. Corey Hottinger was 1-of-1 with an RBI and a run.

In game two, Post 20 cracked 12 hits to Conway’s nine. Milem cited offensive pressure as a key to victory.

“We kept the pressure on them every inning offensively,” he said. “We hit the ball very well both games and we had good pitching performances out of both games.”

Hayden Timmerman was 2-for-3 with four-RBI and a run during the game.

Milem said it was important for the Patriots to win out the remainder of the season for seeding in the zone tournament. The top two teams in the zone receive a BYE in the zone tournament and in order to make the state tournament, a team has to reach the championship game.

“We just have to keep playing hard and taking advantage other teams mistakes and making sure we cash in. We can’t let them have easy innings. If we do that, hopefully we can finish strong,” he said.

Post 20 will continue zone play on Thursday when they take on the North Little Rock Colts in a doubleheader at Tech Field.